April 2026

Few things produce the kind of stomach-drop feeling that a letter from the IRS does. For most small business owners and individuals, the word "audit" lands somewhere between unsettling and terrifying, even when the return was filed carefully and the numbers are completely accurate.

There's a moment most small business owners and individuals recognize immediately.

Most small business owners know they're supposed to reconcile their bank accounts. They've heard it from their CPA, maybe skimmed a paragraph about it in some financial guide, and nodded along. Then life gets busy, invoices pile up, and reconciliation slides to the bottom of the to-do list for another month. Or three.